Top 15 Must-Do Activities in New Bedford, MA
For several decades preceding the Civil War, this town on the South Coast stood as the world’s premier whaling port.
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For several decades preceding the Civil War, this town on the South Coast stood as the world’s premier whaling port.
New Bedford, Massachusetts, is New England’s best place to explore whaling history. Known as “The City that Lit the World” due to its whale oil production, it inspired Herman Melville’s masterpiece,Moby-Dick, and was home to 500 whaling ships during its 19th-century peak.